Moskva Class Helicopter Carrier

Manufacturer:

Nikolayev South Shipyard

Role:

Anti-Submarine Warfare

Year Adopted:

1967

Operational Status:

Russia - No longer in service
Produced from 1967 to 1968, scrapped in 1990's

Armament:

8x Twin SA-N-3 'Goblet' SAM, with 48 missiles.
2x Twin Dual Purpose 57mm Guns
1x Twin SUW-N-1 ASW Launcher, with 20 FRAS-1 rockets
2x 12 Barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers

2x Quintuple 533mm (21 inch) torpedo tubes (soon removed)

Sensor Suite:

1x 'Top Sail' 3D radar
1x Head Net C' 3D radar
2x 'Head Light' SA-N-3 'Goblet' guidance radars
2x 'Muff Cob' 57mm gun fire control radars
3x 'Don 2' navigational radars
1x 'Side Globe' ESM systems
2x 'Bell Clout' ECM systems
2x 'Bell Slam' ECM systems
2x 'Bell Tap' ECM systems
2x 'Top Hat' ECM systems
2x Twin Barreled Flare/Chaff launchers
1x low frequency hull sonar
1x medium frequency variable depth sonar

Engine:

4x steam turbines delivering 180,000 hp or 134,225 Kw total power).

Crew:

850 men (excluding aviation personnel)

Length:

620.1 feet
(189.0 meters)

Draught:

27.9 feet
(13 meters)

Beam:

85.3 feet
(23.0 meters)

Maximum Speed:

34 knots (as intended, in reality they barely made 28 knots)